Goodhue County vs Isanti County

A side-by-side comparison of Goodhue County and Isanti County: population, income, housing, and more.

Goodhue County and Isanti County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goodhue County has the higher population (47,844 vs 41,934 in Isanti County). Isanti County has the higher median household income ($86,573 vs $82,749 in Goodhue County). Isanti County has the higher median home value ($283,200 vs $269,400 in Goodhue County).

Population, income & housing

	Goodhue County	Isanti County
Population	47,844	41,934
Median age	42.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,749	$86,573
Median home value	$269,400	$283,200
Median gross rent	$939	$1,241
Housing units	21,071	16,976
Homeownership rate	78.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodhue County	Isanti County
Population	46,246 → 47,844 (+3.5%)	39,430 → 41,934 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$66,800 → $82,749 (+23.9%)	$74,616 → $86,573 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$204,100 → $269,400 (+32.0%)	$196,800 → $283,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $939 (+8.9%)	$1,019 → $1,241 (+21.8%)

Goodhue County

Population

46,24647,844

Median household income

$66,800$82,749

Median home value

$204,100$269,400

Median gross rent

$862$939

Isanti County

Population

39,43041,934

Median household income

$74,616$86,573

Median home value

$196,800$283,200

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,241

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodhue County	Isanti County
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.2%
75 and over	8.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodhue County	Isanti County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	91.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodhue County	Isanti County
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodhue County	Isanti County
Drove alone	78.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.2%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.2%	11.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodhue County	Isanti County
1-unit, detached	70.4%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	7.8%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Goodhue County	Isanti County
Poverty rate	9.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1974	1988